Record ID: NLM-49DFF2
Object type: RELIQUARY
Broad period: MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold reliquary. A hollow oval biconvex locket with its plain flat back formed by a plain hinged plate with a slightly projecting outer edge opposite paired hinges, and with four pairs of collets [each collet of diameter 2.8mm and height 3.2mm with wall thickness of 0.7mm, and with each pair of collets sharing a single heart-shaped base plate] symmetrically distributed round its edges, and with its crest occupied by a rounded oval or D-shaped orange-red translucent polished stone – possibly a garnet [of visible length 9.6mm and width 6.7mm] - whose smooth face protrudes slightly f…
Created on: Tuesday 20th February 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 27th March 2024
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Broughton Night Soil Field', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: NLM-C0C27C
Object type: RELIQUARY
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
Gold reliquary. A lozenge-shaped box of composite construction with rich ornate decoration rendered by an applied combination of fine twisted gold strips and spherical gold granules of two sizes [of diameters 1.5mm and 1mm] attached to a plain but roughly textured plate. The sides of the box are of plain smooth gold sheet and it is closed by a plain sheet metal back plate bordered by a further cabled wire. The back borders appear to have been run along the corners of the rhomboid as single strands from the front, though now absent entirely from one of the four corners. There are three…
Created on: Tuesday 5th April 2022
Last updated: Wednesday 11th May 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Winteringham', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: SUSS-0262EF
Object type: RELIQUARY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: East Sussex
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation
An incomplete, gold and rock crystal, pendant, possibly a reliquary. The object comprises a cut piece of rock crystal in a gold setting with opposing suspension loops. When viewed in plan, it takes the the form of a flask or similar vessel. The top is a hemispherical knop in the form of a bottle stopper; there is a wide flanged collar below which it tapers in to form the neck of the vessel. This then widens out to form the main bulk of the vessel, with aneloganted octagon cut in the centre. There is a small foot at the bottom. The crystal is broken at the neck of the vessel and t…
Created on: Tuesday 31st July 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 2nd December 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Halland Area', grid reference and parish protected.

Record ID: ESS-2C4836
Object type: RELIQUARY
Broad period: POST MEDIEVAL
County: Essex
Workflow stage: Published
A medieval reliquary pendant of lozenge shape with a suspension loop. The reliquary pendant is gold and dates from the first half of the sixteenth century. The front panel of the reliquary is engraved with an image of a female saint, either the Virgin Mary or St Helena, supporting the cross. The cross is speckled in a manner suggesting that it is splattered with blood. To the left and right of the figure are foliate tendrils. The saint stands on a chequerboard design, probably indicating a tiled floor or pavement. The back panel slides out to reveal a cavity, undoubtedly designe…
Created on: Tuesday 19th May 2009
Last updated: Monday 18th August 2014
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Hockley Area', grid reference and parish protected.